They were teammates on Each 1 Teach 1 travel teams and will be teammates again in Wednesday night’s McDonald’s All-America Game in Chicago.

Both were involved in McDonald’s game activities on Tuesday when Mr. Basketball was announced.

"That honor would mean a lot, because so many great players have won that award,” Blakeney said in Chicago. “Austin Rivers, Brandon Knight, Joel Berry, a whole bunch of great players. So it would mean a lot to put my name in those ranks."

Blakeney, an LSU commitment set to sign with the Tigers in April, averaged 29.0 points, 6.9 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game in leading Oak Ridge to a 22-7 record and a spot in the regional finals. He was voted Class 8A state player of the year in a preliminary round of voting by a statewide panel of media and coaches.

Six area flag football teams have been ranked among the top 25 in the state in Joe Pinkos’ Power Ratings, which uses a formula based on strength of opposition and margin of victory to calculate ranks.

Oak Ridge (4-0) leads the group at No. 8. The Pioneers are not only undefeated, they have shut out every team and are they have played, giving them a 137-0 scoring streak. Harmony (4-0) is right behind Oak Ridge at No. 9, followed by No. 10 Apopka (4-1).

Boone (5-0) comes in at No. 17, Jones (2-0) is No. 18 and Cypress Creek (5-0) rounds it out at No. 21. Tampa Robinson (3-0) tops the list. To see the full list of rankings visit SentinelVarsity.com.

Tavares has named former Bishop Moore and Winter Springs assistant coach David LaMarre as its new head football coach.

LaMarre, commuted about four hours each day from Longwood to Gainesville to serve as head coach for St. Francis Catholic for the past two seasons. The Wolves were 1-9 in 2013 and 4-6 in 2014.

“I'll definitely put the time in, but I wanted to be closer to home and not spend so much time in my car,” LaMarre said on Friday. "I’m really excited about coming back to Central Florida to be at a bigger school where numbers aren’t going to be a problem.

“We played Tavares almost every year when I was at Bishop Moore (2003-10) and they were always a tough, competitive team. Good history, good program. And it’s a nice small town. I like that.

"From what I’ve seen about the returning starters and JV players coming up, it’s going to be a good season.”

LaMarre replaces Chris Gauntlett, who resigned earlier this month after three years on the job.

Joey Rodriguez was the ultimate playmaking point guard for Lake Howell’s 2007 state championship team and VCU’s 2011 Cinderella run to the NCAA Tournament Final Four.

Now he wants to focus his basketball passion on orchestrating a team from the sideline.

Rodriguez, 26, is coming back to Lake Howell to become head coach of a program that has struggled mightily in recent seasons.

The Silver Hawks had only one winning season in their past six.

Rodriguez, who played professionally in Puerto Rico and Turkey after college, was introduced to Lake Howell’s players on Thursday and played in a faculty vs. students game that night.

“That was fun. The kids got to see I can still play a little,” Rodriguez said.

Rodriguez was an assistant coach for Benedictine College Prep of Richmond, Va., for the 2013-14 season before coming back to Central Florida and recently taking a job with EA Sports as a designer for the NBA Live video game.

Olympia's Juan Hillman pitched 5 innings with 8 strikeouts and allowed 3 hits in a 7-1 victory over Deltona Trinity Christian in the Florida League High School Invitational The Showcase tournament on Thursday, March 26, 2015.

Stephen M. Dowell, Orlando Sentinel

Olympia's Juan Hillman pitched 5 innings with 8 strikeouts and allowed 3 hits in a 7-1 victory over Deltona Trinity Christian in the Florida League High School Invitational The Showcase tournament on Thursday, March 26, 2015.

Olympia's Juan Hillman pitched 5 innings with 8 strikeouts and allowed 3 hits in a 7-1 victory over Deltona Trinity Christian in the Florida League High School Invitational The Showcase tournament on Thursday, March 26, 2015. (Stephen M. Dowell, Orlando Sentinel)

Olympia (16-0) advanced to Friday night’s final of the Florida League High School Invitational Showcase with a 7-1 win over Deltona Trinity Christian on Thursday. The Titans, ranked No. 1 nationally by USA Today and MaxPreps, will face Pembroke Pines Charter at 7 p.m. at Sanford Memorial Stadium.

Kirk Sidwell went 3-for-4 with three RBI and leadoff batter Drenis Ozuna reached base four times and scored three runs for Olympia in its Thursday victory. Jake Senich was 1-for-2 with two walks. Winning pitcher Juan Hillman struck out eight and surrendered three hits in five innings.

Hagerty's Samantha Worrell pitched a no-hitter with 18 strikeouts in a 2-0 victory over Starke Bradford in the Kissimmee Klassic on Thursday, March 26, 2015.

J. Patrick Rice, OS Stringer

Samantha Worrell pitched a no-hitter with 18 strikeouts in a 2-0 victory over Starke Bradford in the Kissimmee Klassic on Thursday, March 26, 2015.

Samantha Worrell pitched a no-hitter with 18 strikeouts in a 2-0 victory over Starke Bradford in the Kissimmee Klassic on Thursday, March 26, 2015. (J. Patrick Rice, OS Stringer)

Samantha Worrell pitched a no-hitter with 18 strikeouts as Hagerty (18-1) blanked Starke Bradford (14-1) 2-0 to open its quest for a Kissimmee Klassic softball championship on Thursday. Worrell walked two and saw a third runner reach base on a dropped third strike.

"My coach told me they [Bradford] were undefeated and to come out aggressive," Worrell said. "The only probelm I had all day was in the sixth and seventh inning when I threw a lot of balls. I was kind of freaking out. I then worked the plate a little more and trusted my defense."

The Huskies scored both of their runs in the bottom of the first inning with Alicia Tomberlin singling home one run and another scoring on an error.

The three-day, 32-team event continues on Friday at the Osceola County Softball Complex.

Hagerty plays a 3 p.m. quarterfinal against St. Petersburg Canterbury, a 4-3 winner of East River.